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DECEMBER IS FOR DOLLARS 

The end of the year is a big fundraising time for nonprofit organizations. Biking and walking advocacy coalitions from throughout the Alliance network are pushing to raise dollars by the end of December. (Of course, you can support the all-powerful biking and walking lobby throughout North America with your gift to the Alliance for Biking & Walking.) 

Many organizations in the Alliance network mobilized for #GivingTuesday this week. Walk San Francisco encouraged folks to give back to #VisionZero. BikeNet partnered with Yellowstone Fitness to raise #GivingTuesday matching funds. 

Bicycle Colorado asks for support on Colorado Gives Day. 

BikeTexas needs financial support to fight the state's Transportation Commission, which has diverted funds from walking and biking. They also showcase all the bikey gifts you can get for your loved ones to support Texas bike advocacy. 

Living Streets Alliance needs help advancing bikeshare, walking funds, and a transportation sales tax in 2015. 

MassBike made this sweet infographic to encourage giving. 

INFRASTRUCTURE INLET

California Walks pushes for safer walking along El Camino Real, which goes through several Bay Area cities. Currently, 15% of all pedestrian and bicycle collisions within the cities of Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and Mountain View are located along El Camino Real (!). Plans are in the works for a bus rapid transit system along the street. 

Minneapolis advocates delivered 3,000 postcards in support of a network of protected bikeways. 

Advocates are heating up a campaign for a protected bike lane on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. 

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association pushes narrower lands and protected bike lanes along Suitland Road in DC and Maryland. 

Tucson has a new stretch of buffered bike lanes. The city also released concept designs for their first parklet. 

Virginia Beach considers a new rail-with-trail. 

Ohio Street in Buffalo, NY got a facelift with a new multi-use pathway. 

A new video from the Green Lane Project showcases Atlanta's growing protected bike lane network. 

There's a new protected bike lane on King Street in Honolulu! Congrats, Hawaii Bicycling League. 

BIG PICTURE BOULEVARD

Here's why Vision Zero is a big deal for transportation leaders. 

Think piece from the League of American Bicyclists: How is bike equity taking shape for bicycle advocacy? 

Corinne Winter, Executive Director of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition for ten years, will step down. Under Corinne's leadership, the Coalition grown from 1 to 10 staff members, and from an annual budget of $20,000 to over $1 million. 

Noah Budnick, current Deputy Director of Transportation Alternatives in New York City, will be the new Executive Director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Congratulations, Noah! 

Fatal bike crashes are down in Wisconsin.  

Happy 15th birthday, Local Motion!

Congratulations to Darla LeTourneau of BikeWalkLee! Darla was honored with the Citizen Bike Advocate of the Year Award from the Florida Bicycle Association! 

Bike Pittsburgh signed a formal Declaration at their 2014 members' meeting. It calls for a bike and pedestrian plan, a Complete Streets ordinance and policy, and a Vision Zero plan. It also looks like it was written by Thomas Jefferson: 

ADVOCACY AVENUE

Here's how to leverage health funding for active transportation projects and programs.

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association calls for a Vision Zero plan across the entire region. 

Transportation Alternatives wrote an open letter to NYPD’s Transportation Bureau Chief Thomas Chan, thanking him for his commitments to Vision Zero and asking him to step up speeding enforcement. 

MassBike, WalkBoston, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health have teamed up to collect safety data from 12 communities using federal safety funds. 

Newport, RI advocates brought together school bus drivers to discuss safety around bicyclists. 

Registration is open for the Colorado Bicycle Summit, February 9 - 10. Gabe Klein, former transportation director in DC and Chicago, will keynote. 

The Active Transportation Alliance encourages supporters to sign a petition to make intersection crossings safer for all road users. 

BikeWalkLee named Bonita Springs' council as the 2014 Complete Streets Champion of the Year. 

Oregon advocates push a petition to increase Safe Routes to School funding in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington Counties. 

Bike Austin gives thanks to Chris Riley, a pro-bike city council member who will step down following redistricting. 

Rochester advocates petition for a speed limit reduction. 

The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia supports a proposed velodrome.

LEGISLATION LANE

Edmonton's city council elected to increase active transportation funding from $0 to $20 million over four years. Advocates had a hilarious tactic for showing the importance of this funding in the run-up to the vote: they showed 5 things you can build with zero dollars. 

Advocates oppose a ban on sidewalk bicycling in San Jose, CA. 

Cleveland advocates are working to pass Brandon's Law, which would increase the penalty for fleeing the scene where death or serious injury occurs to a felony of the second degree. 

The California Bicycle Coalition's ambitious goals for 2015 include more dollars for complete bike networks, sensible regulations for electric bicycles, and clarifying the vehicle code for bicycles. The list reads a bit like a horoscope for state-level bicycle advocacy priorities: these are the types of campaigns we'll likely see play out across many jurisdictions over the coming years. 

San Diego advocates push back on a regional plan budget that plans for minimal bike improvements and funding. 

Washington, DC's contributory negligence bill has been tabled for now. 

Montgomery County, MD passed a new road code that includes slower vehicle speeds, narrower car travel lanes, and new accommodations for biking and walking. 

PROGRAMMING PROMENADE

All the Alliance for Biking & Walking webinars you missed in 2014, in one blog post. 

The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia put together a bike commuter map with data from the Census. 

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and Bike East Bay will team up with BART on a bike theft prevention program. 

Los Angeles Walks is recruiting walk ambassadors. 

30,000 people came out for Tucson's first autumnal Cyclovia. 

Here's Bike Pittsburgh's guide to shopping bike-friendly. 

The Atlanta Bicycle Coalition asks for help deciding where to install Dero's bike tool repair stands.  

Great new video from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition: how bicycling benefits businesses, employees, and the local economy. 

Image: SF Bicycle Coalition

GET A JOB

The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition is hiring an executive director. 

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is hiring a development intern, a membership intern, and a bike to work day logistics intern. 

The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is hiring a photographer for a new bike portrait blog. 

Pittsburgh Bike Share is hiring a Director of Operations and a Director of Marketing and Community Relations.

Bicycle Transit Systems is hiring a marketing specialist and a customer service manager. 

The state and local biking and walking advocacy movement is growing. Check out the Alliance for Biking & Walking job board for listings all over North America.

TRAILER

50,000 people signed a petition asking that eBay and Craigslist require serial numbers on bike listings.